What is it with people and drugs?

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by blykins

That's what I'm talking about.....this man was middle aged and looked like he had a black piece of carpet wrapped around his head.

I'm reminded of Bony...used to dye his beard and hair, except that when he sweated, the beard would leach the dye and it would run down his shirt.

[Jamo]

IMO, the "gateway" part of grass is that it puts folks (asspecially kids) in contact with the criminal element that is likely to try to sell them other sh!t, such as meth.

If it was legalized...that gate might be closed to a significant degree.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Buzz, I think your story is pretty much the same story as a lot of guys here.

As a teenager of the late 60's/early 70's/Woodstock era, there were drugs all over the place even in small town Louisiana, pop.about 4,500 at the time...

In high school there were 2 groups of folks, boozers and dopers, I was a boozer. Never used anything stronger than apsirin till I was about 21 or so . My girlfriend at the time liked a joint now and then and introduced me to it. I smoked dope a handful of times and reallllly,reallllly liked it and that's what scared the crap outa me. All the dope smokers I knew went on the bigger more dangerous drugs and were in bad shape, physically and mentally. I decided right then and there never to touch anything like that again and now 33+ years later, I never have.....

Between my family and my wife's, we've had four family members in drug and alcohol rehab, 2 of them have gone twice!!!!!!!!!! It has cost both families a lot of grief/hard feeling amoung family members/divorces not to mention $$$$$$$....

I think it has something to do with the era one grew up in, now-a-days, it's never anyone's fault, always blame things on the enviroment you grew up in or something else, folks don't take responsibility for their own actions and use drugs to escape the consequences....

In my day, we were held accountable for everything we did and some things we didn't by our parents/teachers and family members. I learned responsibility at a young age and took credit for my actions good and bad.
I have tried to instill this in my daughter as she grew up (now 23), but she is nowhere near mature at 23 years old as I was at 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's an uphill fight....

Just last week she called and said she backed up into her boyfreinds truck and damaged her rear bumper, she came over and I popped out the rubber bumper cover best I could. I asked her what happened and the first thing outa her mouth was: "It wasn't my fault,he shouldn't have parked behind my car"!!!!!!!!!!!
I blew a head gasket and gave her a good cussin,told her anytime she backs into anything parked and not moving,IT IS HER FAULT........ She left in tears with the ass chewing I gave her and she deserved every bit of it.........

That's my rant for now........

David

[Buzz]

It's not always easy dishing out some tough love, Dave. But It's definitely worth the effort. God knows I got my fair share of discipline (and then some) growing up and I appreciate my parents all the more because of it.

[Ronbo]

Hasn't wrecked anymore lives than alchohol has (not even close)...

All pale in comparison to the death toll religion holds.

People need something to take the edge off living in the trailer park. Marijuana doesn't lead to harder drugs, it leads to carpentery.

[Buzz]

Hasn't wrecked anymore lives than alchohol has (not even close)...

Ronbo the difference is that pot is illegal (for now anyway) and since it involves breaking the law, it's a bigger line to cross for some young adults.

All pale in comparison to the death toll religion holds.

The surgeon general is considering placing a warning label on bibles and korans!Lol!

Marijuana doesn't lead to harder drugs, it leads to carpentery.

LMAO!!

[Dan40]

Quote:
Marijuana doesn't lead to harder drugs, it leads to carpentery.

And horticulture, irrigation, and fertilizer, and electrical wiring, [grow lites] and harvesting and drying and weighting and marketing.

[HI Cobra]

And here in Hawaii (probably a few other places), to becoming shark or wild pig
food if you happen to hike into a private garden in the country.